Killer Queen Flashcards
1
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Melody
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- Text setting mainly syllabic
- Backing vocals words and vocalisations (Bars 8-9)
- Melody starts mostly conjunct
- Verse and chorus combine conjunct and disjunct melody
- Leaps often a rising major sixth (Bars 6-7)
2
Q
Texture
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- Mainly Homophonic
- Use of imitation
- Use of layering
- Three part texture guitar solo
- Anitiphonal (Bard 67-68)
3
Q
Harmony and Tonality
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- Eb Major
- Most chords in root position, occasional inversions
- Dissonance (Bar 30)
- Circle of Fifths in Chorus (Bars 20-21)
- Heavy use of altered or extended chords (F11 in Bar 47)
4
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Tempo and Rhythm
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- 112 Beats per minute, moderate
- In 12/8 compound quadruple time
- Frequent syncopation
- Could also be written 3/4 swung
5
Q
Background
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- Released 1974
- Glam Rock genre
- Diverged from classic rock with adventorous harmonies and tonalities
6
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Instruments
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- Freddie Mercury is a high tenor
- Honky Tonk piano overdubbed
- Guitar uses slides, bends, pull offs, hammer ons
